A Swede in Aussie land

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So, as I think most of you readers know, I’m an aspiring writer. I want to be a writer simply because I love writing and telling different stories. I have so many ideas in my head that just needs to come out.
But the main reason I want to be a writer for life, I have found, is because I just absolutely love languages. That probably sounds a bit nerdy, but I do.
And what I love about languages is that you can always learn something new – be it a word or the use of it, or even grammatical stuff (which, believe it or not, I also love), or just different sounds and dialects. I have always been very fascinated by languages; both my own (as I consider Swedish and English to be, since I speak them both fluently) and other ones that I don’t even know a single word in. I just love listening to them and it fascinates me how sounds that doesn’t mean anything to me, could mean everything to someone else. And how incredible is it that I just simply know how to use Swedish correctly, without being able to explain to someone trying to learn Swedish, how and why I say a certain thing in a specific way? It’s just set in my bone marrow or something.
I love it. It’s so cool and just simply incredible and amazing. Just think of this: How the heck did a language first start out? Who came up with the different words and how? And how come everyone just accepted what someone else came up with, as totally ok? “Yeah, that sounds pretty good, let’s go with that!”.
It’s crazy, but awesome. And I’m so greatful for it. Plus, I feel really fortunate sometimes, being able to speak two languages fluently. But next up is French. That’ll be my third language.
And then I’ll move to France for a while and live the life in the southern French countryside, not too far from the ocean, just writing all day long. And drinking lots of good wine and getting fat from all the delicious cheeses. Sounds like a plan!
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